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lance; by the Chinese they are dyed of various colors and 
used as fly-flappers. 
The wild yak is a somewhat sullen and ill-tempered brute, 
and can use its long horns sideways with great effect. 
The Domestic Sheep ( Ovis aries ), like the goat in its 
domesticated forms, is an inhabitant of the whole world. 
The Rocky Mountain Sheep ( Ovis canadensis ) was a for¬ 
mer frequenter of the whole chain of the Rocky mountain sys¬ 
tem, and those of the Pacific coast from Alaska to the Penin¬ 
sula of lower California and western Texas. He was even 
found in outlying spurs and ranges in Wyoming and Mon¬ 
tana, and in the Bad Lands along the Little Missouri river 
in Dakota, but through all this vast region he has become 
scarce, except, perhaps, in Alaska, where it is represented by 
a distinct species. The few survivors have become wild and 
shy, ranging high up in rough mountains, where they are 
difficult of approach. They have never been domesticated 
with success, and few of them have been shown in captivity. 
Another fine species is the Punjab Wild Sheep ( Ovis 
vignei), from the Himalayas of India. 
The Aoudad ( Ovis tragelaphus') comes from the mountains 
of north Africa, and resembles the mountain sheep, but has a 
thick beard hanging from the throat to below the knees. 
Another sheep frequently shown in collections is the Mouflon 
( 0 . musimon) from Corsica and Sardinia. 
The wild goats inhabit the roughest mountain ranges of 
southern Europe and Asia, from Spain to India; many spe¬ 
cies have long and powerful horns, much valued as trophies, 
and the qualities of nerve, hardihood, and marksmanship nec¬ 
essary to hunt them with success have for centuries rendered 
them favorite objects of the chase. The Swiss Ibex ( Capra 
ibex ) has long been extinct except in the preserve established 
in the Piedmontese Alps by the late King Victor Emanuel of 
Italy; the ibex procured for exhibition in these days gener¬ 
ally belong to the Spanish species (C. pyreniaca ). 
Another species, which was formerly common throughout 
the Grecian Archipelago, now seems to be restricted to Crete 
and other of the smaller Cyclades, as well as south-western 
Asia. This goat ( C . cegagrus ) was frequently referred to by 
